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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Table 1 (Contd.)
| cattse of death | all ages | Age Groups | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M | F | -1 | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |
| 23 Pneumonia | 44 | 21 | 23 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | 23 |
| 24 Bronchitis | 42 | 26 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 15 | 15 |
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | 3 | - | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Congenital malformations | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 36 | 20 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 34 All other accidents | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 35 Suicide | 11 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Males | 261 | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 72 | 65 | 83 | |
| Females | 224 | 8 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 60 | 109 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL | 485 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 97 | 125 | 192 | ||